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[–]PunisherStickerGuy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You could probably dig around and find some examples. If we are focusing on film, the majority of black writers / directors tend to want to portray the reality they have experienced and most of the time it was pretty fucked up. John Singleton comes to mind as an example. ('Boyz N the Hood' ' 'Hustle and Flow'). What is wrong with that? Great movies? Up for debate, but they certainly telling a story and certainly put a spotlight on certain elements of our culture.

On this note but swerving into the intellectual realm would be 'The Great Debaters' strarring Denzel himself. Mr. Washington is quite a based person if you read into him. He rejects the oppression culture fostered here in the US. This film reflects this, in that it tells these story of people achieving intellectual integrity despite any circumstances.

These are just two examples off the top. We can go on if you would like.

We can move beyond the cultural garbage bin of modern streaming TV (Netflix) and explore actual literature and art of you care to.

Your call.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You could probably dig around and find some examples. If we are focusing on film, the majority of black writers / directors tend to want to portray the reality they have experienced and most of the time it was pretty fucked up. John Singleton comes to mind as an example. ('Boyz N the Hood' ' 'Hustle and Flow'). What is wrong with that? Great movies? Up for debate, but they certainly telling a story and certainly put a spotlight on certain elements of our culture.

I don't believe making such movies are "wrong", but it's terribly lame that they've built up an identity around "suffering". With Whites, there are movies that cover 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, but those things still pale in terms of other creative works like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter.

If we were really to believe in the "equality of races", we would expect Blacks or Black Culture to regularly output the same media as Whites that explore the same thought provoking themes. The only other race that comes close are Japanese people.

[–]PunisherStickerGuy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure, an industry has been built on exploiting the black "street thug" culture. It's a ravenous beast churning out cultural decay and terrible role models at an astonishing rate.

I chose Carpenter and Washington specifically for their incredibly insightful works which IMO rise above the fray and present deeply complex critiques of this "suffering" culture. Both works cited are specifically cited fir that reason which is why they remain cultural touchstones to this day.

[–]PunisherStickerGuy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Also, I must say, that's a pretty shallow take and is stretching at best. It's hard to put "9/11" movies (whatever that means) against an iconic piece of writing such as the "Harry Potter" series.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That was the point. Everyone knows Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor sucked, and there where much bigger and cultural phenomenons created instead.

White media doesn't need to indulge itself on tragic historical events or suffering. Franchises like Robocop, Terminator, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Citizen Kane, Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, Toy Story, The Wizard of Oz etc are ingrained in White people's minds and feature complex or futuristic themes.